Persectania (genus)

A Noctuid moth at Kambah, ACT

Persectania (genus) at Kambah, ACT - 12 Oct 2020 09:00 PM

Persectania (genus) at Kambah, ACT - 12 Oct 2020 09:00 PM

Persectania (genus) at Kambah, ACT - 12 Oct 2020 09:00 PM

Persectania (genus) at Kambah, ACT - 12 Oct 2020 09:00 PM

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Identification history

	Agrotis munda	18 Oct 2020	GlennCocking
	Persectania (genus)	18 Oct 2020	donhe
	Persectania (genus)	17 Oct 2020	ibaird
	Persectania ewingii	17 Oct 2020	ibaird
	Unidentified	17 Oct 2020	HarveyPerkins

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User's notes

Attracted to light at night

3 comments

ibaird wrote:

17 Oct 2020

I suggest a worn P. ewingi, as for Sighting No. 4351331

donhe wrote:

17 Oct 2020

or P. dyscrita?

donhe wrote:

18 Oct 2020

The costal markings look more like Agrotis, maybe A. radians?

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Location information

Coordinates 149.036666 -35.393775
Places Kambah, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
12 Oct 2020 09:00 PM Recorded on
HarveyPerkins Recorded by
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Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Persectania (genus) Scientific name
A Noctuid moth Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 658.9m Recorded at altitude
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